undigested excerpts from a very long night ( Read more... )

r., my shoveling companion of 22 years, visited last week and took me on an expedition to Vienna to examine a medieval manuscript he's researching for his art history PhD. he sent me this pic of us in salzburg when he got back to johns hopkins in baltimore, md.
( we are the poet warriors )

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when sucking your wounds
is the thrown kiss of healing

(I got this one from Mislead_Insight. I chose Tom Waits, of course ( Read more... )

perhaps i should hang some garlic around my neck to protect me from myself, because damn! i miss my shadow today.

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

tune in, cut up, paste down. . . a fucking hi-jack ( Read more... )

in the clamor of your eyes
i lose the thread of your speech
and fumble with the fear of missing my chance
to follow over the cliff
the sweet dot of a ripe strawberry

the sky is the deep blue of raindrops:
for once in my life i want to leave it at that